{"id":2104,"date":"2010-11-15T05:05:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2010-11-14T23:50:42","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T07:50:42","slug":"advent-as-a-time-of-perseverance-for-teachers-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/advent-as-a-time-of-perseverance-for-teachers-and-students","title":{"rendered":"Advent as a Time of Perseverance for Teachers and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Winter\"As always, the latest issue of iCatholic magazine<\/a> has some excellent articles. I especially liked Bishop Trautman’s article on Advent, featuring this gem for Catholic educators:<\/p>\n

“Advent is the beginning of a new liturgical year, so it is full of joyful expectation….Advent tells a student to go back to the books and try again. Advent tells teachers, try once more to reach that student.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the middle of November, both students and teachers need to hear a message of perseverance–at least this teacher does. Fortunately, I’ve been hearing it a lot lately. Yesterday’s gospel reading ended with these powerful words from Jesus:<\/p>\n

“You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the midst of our daily struggles and sufferings, we are called to persevere, keeping hope alive. As the days darken and the cold creeps in, it’s comforting to know that Advent is just around the corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As always, the latest issue of iCatholic magazine has some excellent articles. I especially liked Bishop Trautman’s article on Advent, featuring this gem for Catholic educators: “Advent is the beginning of a new liturgical year, so it is full of joyful expectation….Advent tells a student to go back to the books and try again. Advent … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Advent as a Time of Perseverance for Teachers and Students”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[87,88],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-advent","tag-catholictv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-xW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2174,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/catholic-school-video-news-harrisburg-network-and-advent-2010-project","url_meta":{"origin":2104,"position":0},"title":"Catholic School Video News: Harrisburg Network and Advent 2010 Project","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"November 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has connected 37 of it schools with a wide area computer network. 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